Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like every time I’m sick, my hair gets sick too. When I wore my hair shorter, it wouldn’t cooperate at all when a flu, cold, etc. knocked me on my butt— it’d just twist and curl and be a complete slave...
Ahh… the involuntary, thunderous sneeze. Or, sternutation, if you want to be a pompous jerk. It sneaks up on you without warning like an anatomical earthquake: Your lungs spontaneously fill with air, your abdominal and chest muscles compress like a vice, your eyes close tight and… Achooo!...
There are few things more distracting on that final set than realising the most powerful muscle movement you’re about to make is in your sphincter. Still, if you work out regularly — especially with endurance or high-impact strength training — you’ve no doubt felt it: Your abdominals cramp; your gut starts...
Poop fact: The average person poops about once a day, but the “normal” range spans from three times a day to once every three days. Hypothetically speaking, that means you could create nine poops in the time another person makes just one (mind blown). But how come?...
You’re busy. I’m busy. All of us are painfully, gruellingly busy. Such is life in the ever-draining gig economy. And all that busyness means that other stuff falls by the wayside — stuff you used to consider important, like sleeping, or making sure your body isn’t falling apart like...
As anyone who’s ever experienced a post-bender hangover knows, booze does some gnarly stuff to your body: It breaks your heart, erases your memory, scrambles your brain, fills your stomach, and arguably worst of all, impairs your penis (like, come on, was that really necessary?) Amidst all...
Are you a cracker? Do you like to crack? Is cracking your way of releasing tension after a long day of work? Well, fellow crack enthusiast who’s probably been told that too much cracking can lead to myriad health issues, here’s a quick anatomy lesson on what’s...
On the lengthy list of things that you might worry about spreading to your good friends (e.g., the common cold, stomach flu and super gonorrhea), a few extra pounds and your work-related stress don’t usually don’t make the cut. But as it turns out, science is constantly...
Here’s a good reason to invest in (and actually use) a pair of scales: According to the National Weight Control Registry in Providence, 75 percent of people who successfully lose weight (and keep it off) weigh themselves at least once per week. A 2012 study published in the...
Here’s something you were probably never been told as a teenager: If it’s exams week and you’re super-stressed trying to memorise scientific theorems or understand the allegory of the old man and the marlin, you can probably forget about using condoms when you have sex, because in...
Alcohol mixes well with many things. It is, after all, a solution. But one thing it doesn’t typically play well with is a tired, hungry, dehydrated body. There has, however, been recent chatter about how every bro’s favourite celebratory beverage of choice — i.e., beer — might...
How we exercise — and who we choose to do it with — is a matter of personal preference. One gym addict might prefer sweating it out alone, shutting out the world and everyone in it while pounding the treadmill full-tilt. Another, more casual gym-goer might need a gym buddy to...
